Senior Risk Engineer

Overview

Capstoneinvestmentadvisors is seeking a Senior Risk Engineer at the Senior Vice President level to join the Risk Technology team in London, United Kingdom. This hands-on role combines software engineering, financial markets, and risk management with direct exposure to the investment process. The position involves building the technology behind the firm's Risk Intelligence strategy by transforming complex portfolio and risk data into actionable intelligence.

Who can apply

Applicants must have at least 5 years of relevant experience in risk technology, quantitative development, or software engineering within an asset manager, hedge fund, investment bank, or comparable capital-markets environment, accompanied by meaningful exposure to market-risk or front-office systems. Visa sponsorship may be offered for suitable candidates.

Requirements

Candidates need a strong record of personally designing, building, and supporting production-grade trading, pricing, or risk systems while taking complex projects from definition to delivery and support. Required technical skills include advanced proficiency in Python, Java, and SQL, along with strong proficiency in at least one comparable language, plus practical experience with APIs, data pipelines, distributed or event-driven architectures, databases, and large-scale processing.

Applicants must also possess a strong understanding of derivatives and cross-asset risk analytics, covering option pricing, VaR, Greeks, and scenario analysis, while knowledge of margin and factor risk analytics is considered desirable. Additional expectations include strong architecture and engineering judgment, the ability to critically assess model outputs and trace discrepancies, and experience integrating third-party and internally developed pricing and risk libraries.